24 February 1525Battle of PaviaHenry VIII
The capture of Francis I at Pavia encourages Henry VIII to revive plans for a conquest of France.
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The capture of Francis I at Pavia encourages Henry VIII to revive plans for a conquest of France.
The Habsburg victory at Pavia and capture of Francis I encourage Henry VIII to revive plans for war against France.
Francis I is captured during the Battle of Pavia
Francis I is captured at Pavia, creating an opening for Henry VIII to press English claims in France.
Francis I is captured during the Battle of Pavia, creating an opportunity for Henry VIII's French ambitions.
Henry VIII and Wolsey revive the Great Enterprise after the French defeat at Pavia.
The capture of Francis I at Pavia encourages Henry VIII to renew plans for an invasion of France.
Henry VIII and Wolsey consider schemes to partition France after the capture of Francis I at Pavia.
Public rejoicing at St Paul's Cathedral marks Henry VIII's hope that Pavia will enable a renewed French campaign.
Henry breaks off peace negotiations with France after Francis Is capture at Pavia
After Francis I's capture Henry VIII orders public rejoicing and a mass at St Paul's Cathedral.
The Amicable Grant is promoted to fund a planned invasion of France after the capture of Francis I.
The Amicable Grant is promoted to finance Henry VIII's proposed invasion of France.
The Amicable Grant is raised to finance Henry VIII's planned invasion of France.
The Amicable Grant is raised to invade France, 6th of laity & 3rd of clergy income. Commissioners are appointed to collect the Amicable Grant
The Amicable Grant seeks heavy payments from laity and clergy to finance Henry VIII's French war plans.
Wolsey attempts to raise a forced loan to fund Henry VIII's planned war against France.
Wolsey promotes the Amicable Grant to raise money for Henry VIII's revived Great Enterprise.
Wolsey proposes the Amicable Grant as a forced loan to finance Henry VIII's planned war against France.
Wolsey presses the Amicable Grant as the fiscal basis for the planned French campaign.
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, stands among the senior military nobles available for a renewed French campaign.
Henry VIII orders renewed planning for the Great Enterprise after the French defeat at Pavia.
Thomas Howard is available as a senior noble commander while Henry VIII and Wolsey consider a renewed invasion of France.
Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, remains one of Henry VIII's principal military magnates during the French war planning.
Wolsey prepares diplomatic and financial measures for Henry VIII's proposed invasion of France.
The government seeks money without parliamentary grant, increasing resentment against Wolsey's fiscal policy.
Henry renounces the Amicable Grant
Opposition to the Amicable Grant spreads through Essex and threatens wider disorder.
Resistance to the Amicable Grant appears in Kent as taxpayers object to the forced contribution.
Taxpayers in Suffolk refuse payment and resistance grows in the cloth-making districts.
Thomas Howard supports royal authority as the government seeks money for Henry VIII's planned French campaign.
Charles Brandon is associated with government mobilisation in East Anglia as resistance to the Amicable Grant grows.
Thomas Howard supports royal authority as the government tries to enforce payments for the French war plan.
Opposition to the Amicable Grant extends into Essex and weakens the government's attempt to collect the levy.
Resistance to the Amicable Grant spreads in Suffolk as taxpayers refuse the forced loan.
Resistance to Wolsey's forced loan spreads in Essex as taxpayers reject the levy for the French campaign.
The Great Enterprise is abandoned after resistance to the Amicable Grant makes the proposed invasion unaffordable.
Henry VIII abandons the proposed invasion after the Amicable Grant fails to produce the necessary war finance.
Charles Brandon helps confront resistance to the Amicable Grant in Suffolk.
Thousands gather at Lavenham in protest against the Amicable Grant and the burden of royal taxation.
Thousands gather at Lavenham to oppose the Amicable Grant and the burden of royal taxation.
Thomas Howard is named among the royal leaders responding to resistance against the Amicable Grant.
Thomas Howard is named among the royal leaders responding to the Amicable Grant disturbances.
Sir John Spring is associated with the government side during resistance to the Amicable Grant at Lavenham.
Leaders of the Amicable Grant resistance submit before royal authority and are pardoned.
Ringleaders of the Amicable Grant resistance are brought before Star Chamber and pardoned after submission.
The failure of the Amicable Grant damages Wolsey's authority and exposes limits on extra-parliamentary taxation.
The Duke of Suffolk confronts organised resistance to the levy and warns of the danger of rebellion.
Thomas Howard supports the Crown's suppression of resistance to the Amicable Grant.
Charles Brandon helps secure submission from rebels opposing the Amicable Grant.
The Duke of Suffolk confronts armed resistance to the Amicable Grant in the cloth districts of Suffolk.
Thomas Howard helps suppress opposition to the Amicable Grant after resistance threatens Henry VIII's war plans.
Opposition to the Amicable Grant threatens armed disorder and undermines Henry VIII's French war plans.
Henry VIII abandons the Amicable Grant after widespread opposition makes collection impossible.
Henry VIII abandons the Amicable Grant after widespread resistance and the danger of rebellion.
Henry VIII 1st meets Anne Boleyn, when Thomas Boleyn is created Viscount Rochford
Created Viscount Rochford, Henry VIII 1st meets Anne Boleyn
Created Duke of Richmond
Makes his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond
Appointed Master of the Horse to the Duke of Richmond
Henry VIII accepts peace with France after the failure of the Great Enterprise and the Amicable Grant.
Henry VIII agrees peace with France after the failure of the Amicable Grant and the Great Enterprise.
Peace with France follows the collapse of Henry VIII's attempt to finance a renewed French campaign.
The treaty redirects English policy from invasion planning toward diplomatic settlement with France.
Wolsey negotiates peace with the French government after the collapse of the war-finance scheme.
Performs a diplomatic reversal and signs a treaty of alliance with France.
Mary is sent to Ludlow with a household associated with the Council of the Marches
Wolsey & Henry VIII draw up the "Eltham Ordinances" to reform the Household & Chamber
Spends a "still Christmas" away from the plague
Translates the Bible into Scots
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a position holding administrative and judicial control of much of northern England
Appointed Head of the Council of the North by Henry VIII
Catherine refers to the "uncertainty of my life" after a bout of illness
Appointed Lord High Admiral
Henry VIII no longer sleeps with Catherine because she is past childbearing age
Henry VIII no longer sleeps with Catherine because she is past childbearing age
Created Earl Cumberland, 1st
Created Earl of Nottingham
Created Earl of Somerset
Appointed President of the Council for Henry VIII
Henry VIII acquires Hampton Court from Thomas Wolesey
Puts down a rebellion in Suffolk
Begins preaching against abuses in late medieval religion.
Translates the Bible into Scots
Mary presides ceremonially over a princely household in the Welsh Marches
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